John Wormald

Godfather Of The Cigar Box Guitar. Organiser of UK Cigarbox Guitar Festival, member of Chickenbone Blues, constructor of various instruments of musical madness.

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Decorative headstock overlays on a few new cigar box guitar necks.

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Custom guitar case just finished.

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Going to the ballet…Black Sabbath!!!

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Newly restored Record no. 7 plane ready to go, a beautiful tool for getting long pieces of timber straight and true.

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Preparing baulks of Black Walnut for fretboards and bridges. Planed by hand to get a decent straight edge, then off to the bandsaw for rough re-sawing to thickness.

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@sharpyrachel Nobody has asked if this is a daily commute, and how far and how long does it take. Car might not be the best option.

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At Deershed Festival in Yorkshire…and the weather has been kind so far.

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Evangeline Gentle at Maverick Festival…did a bit of fixing up on her guitar this afternoon

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Jason Thompson at Maverick Festival…last time we met was in Bremen at a Van Thom Weekender some years ago.

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Carving a few cigar box guitar necks with “spear point” back straps.

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Black Deer Festival…and it’s cooling down a little bit at last…it’s been hard work and very hot.

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Lambowankerini with wanker plates blocking the pavement and pedestrian crossings. Full marks all round.

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@adavies4 @swpolice The boys were on a powerful electric trials style motorcycle costing about £4500. There must be a lot of background to this aspect of the incident.

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@1030pa @adavies4 @swpolice According to one account that I saw, a bus and a car.

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Taking a little break from visiting my mum in Barnsley hospital, blowing away the cobwebs on the Snake Pass.

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Brand new guitars necks, hot off the branding iron!

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A new batch of fretslotting boxes in preparation

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Sometimes you need exactly the right tool…Stanley cross pein hammers in different weights

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I’ve just been doing a bit of fettling on my resophonic guitar, sorting the action and a couple of high frets.

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Another batch of Workshop Series guitars ready